Montessori Physical Education Volume 1 has been upgraded:
Clearer instructions
New write-ups
Added Diagrams
“we also needed a large-group game that kept every player involved, excited, and learning. That’s when VolleyDodge Ball was born”
I’ve been making some updates to the Montessori Physical Education curriculum lately, and I wanted to share a few highlights.
This is a lifelong project for me — a mission to design lessons that teach academic concepts and fundamental movement patterns at the same time.
Ultimately, choosing teams is not just an SEL exercise for students—it’s also a test of restraint and observation for adults. As teachers, our instinct is to solve problems quickly. But Montessori reminds us: never do for the child what they can do for themselves.
Maria Montessori had a beautiful expression for this idea. She used the term Grace and Courtesy. Grace is the individual being in harmony with oneself, which sounds a whole lot like the goal of self-care. Courtesy is being in harmony everyone else. Courtesy is what we need to extend to everyone else so that they may find their grace, because it’s hard to be in harmony when the environment is not.